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1. Essay: First step of the EBP process
Essay: First step of the EBP processEssay: First step of the EBP processSelect a practice
problem of interest to use as the focus of your research.Start with the patient and identify
the clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care.Following the PICOT format,
write a PICOT statement in your selected practice problem area of interest, which is
applicable to your proposed capstone project.The PICOT statement will provide a
framework for your capstone project (the project students must complete during their final
course in the RN-BSN program of study).Conduct a literature search to locate research
articles focused on your selected practice problem of interest. This literature search should
include both quantitative and qualitative peer-reviewed research articles to your practice
problem.Select six peer-reviewed research articles which will be utilized through the next 5
weeks as reference sources. Be sure that some of the articles use qualitative research and
that some use quantitative research. Create a reference list in which the six articles are
listed. Beneath each reference include the article’s abstract. The completed assignment
should have a title page and a reference list with abstracts.Suggestions for locating
qualitative and quantitative research articles from credible sources:Use a library database
such as CINAHL Complete for your search.Using the advanced search page check the box
beside “Research Article” in the “Limit Your Results” section.When setting up the search you
can type your topic in the top box, then add quantitative or qualitative as a search term in
one of the lower boxes. Research articles often are described as qualitative or
quantitative.To narrow/broaden your search, remove the words qualitative and
quantitative and include words that narrow or broaden your main topic. For example:
Diabetes and pediatric and dialysis. To determine what research design was used, review
the abstract and the methods section of the article. The author will provide a description of
data collection using qualitative or quantitative methods.Prepare this assignment according
to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An
abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful
completion.ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou must
proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and
grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect
your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical
mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before
handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend

2. proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to
uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface.
Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to
read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to
compress it into fewer pages.Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-
spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between
letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are
unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.The paper must be neatly
formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each
page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If
it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.